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ANNOUNCEMENT

A.     DEFINITION OF ANNAUNCEMENT

An announcement is a written or spoken statemen in public or formal containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happenso publicly people know what, when and where it is about.

B.      FUNCTION OF ANNOUNCEMENT

An announcement is used for giving people some information of what has happened or what will happen

C.      GENERIC STRUCTURE OF ANNOUNCEMENT

1.     Starting purpose : the text that contains what even will be held

2.     Starting day and date : day and date realization. The text that contains when the even will be held

3.     Tarting place : the text that contains where the event will be held

4.     Informing sender : the text that contains name of the person who will be contacted

D.      LANGUANGE FEATURE OF ANNOUNCEMENT

Using simple present tense and simple future tense

E.      KINDS OF ANNOUNCEMENT

1.      College graduation announcement

2.      Public service announcement

3.      Pregnancy announcement

4.      Birth announcement

5.      Moving announcement

6.      Adoption announcement

7.      Job announcement

8.      Promotion announcement

9.      School student’s organization announcement

10.  Etc.

F.       EXAMPLE 

Dont forget to bring a dictionar in next English lesson

Everybody must have a dictionary because we will read a story

No excuse to student who don’t bring the dictionary.

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